New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Jaybird Communications) DJ
Cassidy To Perform At NARM And Digitalmusic.org's
Music Biz 2012 Awards Dinner PartyApril 5, 2012 -
Music business association NARM and digitalmusic.org, the virtual home of NARM's digital initiatives, have selected the iconic DJ
Cassidy to perform at the
Music Biz 2012 Awards Dinner Party, which will begin at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 10, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. DJ
Cassidy will spin his own unique mix of music to provide a celebratory soundtrack for the event that combines the newest, hottest sounds with the most classic and timeless. The
Music Biz 2012 Awards Dinner Party will also include the presentation of NARM and digitalmusic.org's Artist of the Year Award to global superstar Katy Perry, as well as several other awards still to be announced.
"DJ
Cassidy is one of the world's most sought-after deejays, having performed for President Obama's Inauguration; celebrity clients such as Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Russell Simmons, Tommy Hilfiger, LeBron James, Anna Wintour, Naomi Campbell, Mary J. Blige, and Hugh Hefner; music companies including Sony
Music Entertainment, Island Def Jam, Universal Republic, and the Warner
Music Group; brands like Louis Vuitton, Victoria's Secret, Nike, The Gap, MTV, Sports Illustrated, and Vogue; and a long list of nightclubs around the globe," said Jim Donio, President of NARM. "We're excited to have him help close out
Music Biz 2012 in grand style."
"I'm thrilled to be playing
Music Biz 2012 before an audience of people who have influenced the records I play every day," said DJ Cassidy. "This event is called the Awards Dinner 'Party' for a reason. I'm here to make it a party."
DJ
Cassidy is one of the most in-demand deejays in the world, regularly performing at the hottest clubs in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, Paris, London, Tokyo, Dubai, and more. He got his first big break in 1999, when he landed weekly gigs at several New York City hotspots. Within two years, he was performing at marquee events such as Jennifer Lopez's marriage to Cris Judd in 2001 and Oprah Winfrey's 2007 New Year's Eve Party in South Africa. In 2011, he served as Kanye West's tour deejay and performed at Kim Kardashian's wedding to Kris Humphries. He is also famous for hosting his own blowout bashes, including his monthly Rock/Freak party with Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson of The Roots, his annual Remember the Time
Michael Jackson Tribute, and his legendary New York City birthday parties, which feature old-school performers such as Q-Tip, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Naughty By Nature, and Rakim. He was also responsible for reuniting all six members of
New Edition at his 30th birthday party in 2011.
For more information or to register for the conference, visit www.narm.com/events/musicbiz2012
